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The St Kilda Ecohouse was a project of the St Kilda Ecocentre. The goals were to transform the house and garden on the corner of the St Kilda Botanical Gardens into a model sustainable building to provide education and inspiration to the wider community, acting as a seed for further change. An existing brick house was redesigned and refitted with sustainable features, including:

water harvesting, conserving and recycling achieving zero discharge from the residential site (including the majority of storm water)

energy saving features, including:

Passive solar design

Active solar technologies

Energy efficiency

Embodied energy savings

use of non-toxic, recycled and local materials.

The house promotes sound living practices, and provides a pleasant and nourishing living environment.

Location

St Kilda Botanical Gardens

Street

Cnr Herbert and Blessington Streets, St Kilda

Melway ref

58 B11

Country

Australia

Type

Residential

House size

Medium

Contact

City of Melbourne

Phone

+613 9534 0670

Fax

+613 9525 3312

Email

info@ecocentre.com

Summary of house features

Passive solar design

Solar panels, grid interactive and batteries

Solar hot water

Rainwater tanks

Low power appliances

Double glazed windows

Credits

Principle Architect: Peter Ho, PHOOHY ARCHITECTURE

Builder: Duncan Hall, Green House Sustainable Building Systems P/L

Project Coordinator 2000-2003: Peter Barker

Landscape Architect: Martin Reeves

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